Author: Sally Ranney

Sally is currently Co-Founder/President of Global Choices and its global leadership network of young women climate justice activists; Arctic Angels. She is also President Emeritus/Co-Founder of American Renewable Energy Institute (AREI) & AREDAY Summit. Sally is Chair of the Conservation Committee for The Explorer’s Club, is an Advisor for CORE & an Advisory Council Member of Daughters of the Earth. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Wildlife Federation, the Bonobo Conservation Initiative, the Climate Accountability Institute, is a Founding Benefactor of Artemis & serves as Vice President of Colorado Headwaters. She is a Senior Advisor to the One Humanity Institute (Poland), the Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network (USA) & the Getches Wilkinson Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado.

A Tribute to Rafe Pomerance Global Choices Advisor, Ocean and Climate Pioneer

It is with both celebration and sorrow that we honor Rafe Pomerance, who passed on May 21, 2026. One of Global Choices’ most active advisors since 2019, he was brilliant and spunky, always bringing excellent insights and ideas to the table, and was one of the best environmental strategists in the climate space. Rafe was […]

Have You Ever Looked into the Eyes of Extinction? The Last Ice and Polar Bears

Every autumn near Churchill, Manitoba—the self-proclaimed polar bear capital of the world—hundreds of polar bears gather along the shores of Hudson Bay…waiting. They are waiting for the sea ice to return, for the platform that is essential for them to hunt seals, to survive. But each year, they wait longer. And with each passing year, […]